Kirill Martynov Explained

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Kirill Konstantinovich Martynov (; born 25 April 1981) is a Russian journalist, political scientist, philosopher and writer.[1] He is the editor in chief of Novaya Gazeta Europe and former associate professor at the Higher School of Economics (HSE).[2]

Early life and education

Kirill Martynov was born on 25 April 1981 in the city of Kemerovo, USSR.[3] In 1998 he graduated from high school number 28 in Kemerovo.[4] In 2003, Martynov graduated from the at Moscow State University with a degree in ontology and theory of knowledge. In 2004, Martynov created the Young Patriots community on LiveJournal, a Russian social network. In this community, he wrote that he is Orthodox Christian and supports the annexation of Crimea to Russia.[5]

Martynov speaks English and German.[6]

Career

From 2003 to 2007, Martynov was an assistant at the Department of Philosophy and Psychology at Moscow Polytechnic University. In 2007, he became a senior lecturer and then an assistant professor at the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE). Martynov also worked for the, a Russian non-profit organisation founded by Gleb Pavlovsky. Martynov was named the best teacher of the HSE in 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2016–2019.

Martynov was also the editor in chief of the mnenia.ru website,[7] a teacher at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, a press secretary at the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs and a coordinator at the United Russia club.

In 2019, due to pressure from the Russian authorities, 2 journalists from the political department of the Russian newspaper Kommersant were fired and 11 more journalists from the same department resigned in protest. Martynov supported them.[8] On 11 August 2020, it became known that he was fired from the HSE. The official reason given was the reduction in the number of philosophy courses.[9] Martynov himself is sure that the dismissal is connected with his political views. He and several other dismissed HSE employees founded a free university in Russia.[10]

On 20 April 2022, the Novaya Gazeta Europe website was launched. Martynov was its first chief editor.[11] [12] [13] Prior to that, he was the political editor of Novaya Gazeta.[14] [15]

Works

Fundamentals of the Theory of Political Parties .

Personal life

Martynov was married to Antonina Martynova, a defendant in the Novgorod case.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2019-01-18 . Премия Пятигорского объявила лонг-лист . The Pyatigorsky Prize has announced a long list . 2022-04-13 . . ru.
  2. Web site: 2020-08-11 . Political journalist Kirill Martynov announced his resignation from the HSE . 2022-04-13 . chernayakobra.ru.
  3. Web site: Денисов . Игорь . 2020 . Кирилл Мартынов . Kirill Martynov . 2022-04-13 . 24smi.org . ru.
  4. Web site: Мартынов Кирилл . Martynov Kirill . 2022-04-13 . repnoe.net . ru.
  5. Web site: Малышева . Любава . 2017-02-27 . Гендерный ужас . Gender Horror . 2022-04-20 . . ru.
  6. Web site: Мартынов Кирилл Константинович . Martynov Kirill Konstantinovich . unfit . https://web.archive.org/web/20190928112040/https://www.hse.ru/org/persons/687774#experience . 2019-09-28 . 2022-04-13 . . ru.
  7. Web site: Центр политического анализа . 2022-04-21 . Центр политического анализа.
  8. Абилькенова . Валерия . 2019 . Гиря дошла до пола? Случай в ИД «Коммерсантъ» как новый этап развития конфликтного дуализма в современной отечественной журналистике . Did the weight reach the floor? The case in the publishing house "Kommersant" as a new stage in the development of conflict dualism in modern domestic journalism . Ведомости прикладной этики . ru . 54 . 166–181 . 2307-518X . CyberLeninka.
  9. Web site: 2020-08-11 . Редактора отдела политики «Новой газеты» Кирилла Мартынова уволили из ВШЭ . Kirill Martynov, political editor of Novaya Gazeta, was fired from the HSE . 2022-04-13 . mbk-news.appspot.com . ru.
  10. Web site: 2020-09-02 . Как будет работать первый в России свободный университет . How the first free university in Russia will work . 2022-04-20 . the-village.ru . ru.
  11. Web site: Martynov . Kirill . 2022-04-20 . We stay with Europe . 2022-04-20 . novayagazeta.eu.
  12. Web site: Kovalova . Marina . 2022-04-14 . Interview with editor of new Latvia-based Novaya Gazeta Europe . 2022-04-20 . . en.
  13. Web site: Novaya Gazeta launches European edition in bid to dodge Kremlin censorship . 2022-04-20 . The Independent Barents Observer . en.
  14. Web site: 2022-03-01 . Russia, Explained "Nyet Voinye / No to War" — Russia Invades Ukraine . 2022-04-20 . . en.
  15. Web site: 2021-01-23 . "Ничего от любви после Крыма не осталось". Политолог Кирилл Мартынов о том, опасны ли митинги для власти . "There is nothing left of love after the Crimea." Political scientist Kirill Martynov on whether rallies are dangerous for the authorities . 2022-04-20 . . ru.

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